Sunday, January 26, 2020
Ideology and Political Education Development Research
Ideology and Political Education Development Research A study on College Students Ideological and political education from the perspective of system harmony and traditional culture Summary In this paper, we analyze the unique paradigm of ideological and political education, ideological and political education of traditional paradigms no longer meet the growth of university students, by ideological and political education paradigm from Monologue to dialogue conversion, combined with the actual college students, give full play to college students the role of ideological and political education paradigm. The arrival of the era of big data, not only brings opportunities to the ideological and political education of college students, but also posed a serious challenge. Virtual social identity shaken the existing system, a profound impact on the ideological and political education environment, threats Students privacy and how to interpret scientific data become big new issues. Promote ideological and political education work based on large data Mechanism Innovation students, educators to enhance their level of information, to take a scientific means to enhance the ef fectiveness of large data acquisition, based on innovation paradigm of big data, improve the relevant rules and regulations, Big Data Application processing procedures, accurately grasp the ideological trend of dynamic students, sharing complex associated data. From Effectiveness departure ideological and political education, noting that the era of ideological and political education needs paradigm shift, put forward the ideological and political education paradigm shift orientation: Students diversification purposes of ideological and political education, humanity; target specific ideological and political education technology, equalization; ideological and political education of life, flexible technology; ideological and political education means of penetration, interactive. Four aspects of ideological and political education of the people Paradigm conducted a preliminary inquiry, hoping to take this direction to ensure the ideological and political education Paradigm successfully converted. Keywords Students; ideological and political education; paradigm shift; teaching evaluation; orientation Ideological and political education involving teaching paradigm major culvert and Research Paradigm Paradigm these two core level, the traditional ideological and political education paradigm into a monologue instead of focusing on an increasingly prominent theory diehard Lack of Realistic. For ideological and political education of college students real practical results, the building is conducive College Students Growth paradigm of ideological and political education has become essential, which also makes educators actively seek reasonable paradigm ideological and political education has become inevitable. Ideological and political education refers to a certain class, political parties, social groups with certain ideas, political views, ethics, applied to its members purposeful, planned, organized influence, so that they meet certain social formation, a certain class of the social practice needs moral character. Ideological and political education is a relatively independent of the particular system, there are more perfect the basic theory, basic concepts and basic methods, educators to certain ideological and political education and information by means of a certain carrier media, effectively act on the process of college students . Common body in the ideological and political education, some common beliefs or views on the ideological and political educators recognized in the field of education and ideological and political nature of the Institute of Theoretical support, produced a series of ideological and political education ideas and genres, formed the ideological and political diversified Education development Paradigm. Ideological and political education paradigm is that people has occurred in the ideological and political education of views held, general way of thinking and thinking framework, its core is the way of thinking. Thought educators engaged in educational activities, follows the norms, ways of thinking, mode of education, experience and learn from others through examples and so called ideological and political education paradigm, the paradigm ideological and political education mainly with the characteristics of ideological and political education of college students formed unique educational system, it provides tools for the concept of ideological and political education of college students. Construction of ideological and political education paradigm is both ideological and political education of practical reason and call return, but also a reflection on the value of ideological and political education and the integration of scientific rationality. Despite ideological and political education paradigm undisputed facts, but because of the special nature of the ideological and political education, the division of its type paradigm has divergent views. Depending on the standard paradigm of ideological and political education can be divided into different types. According to the different fields of application, the ideological and political education into ideological and political paradigm Education Paradigm and Paradigm. Teaching Paradigm is the path of ideological and political workers in the teaching practice followed, an important factor in the ideological and political education concepts, theories and techniques routes include. Paradigm is the ideological and political education theory researchers to obtain results of a path of thinking, conduct and mode of discourse. According to the status of ideological and political education, the content and methods of three perspectives, ideological and political education models can be classified as instrumental paradigm ideological and political education, ideological and political education knowledge-based paradigm and instill ideological and political education paradigm. Instrumental ideological and political education is an educational paradigm based on the existing ideological and political education in society to define, and the ideological and political education as a tool for countries in need of salvation, contrary to the nature of the ideological and political education, shelter human values ideological and political education paradigm function and meaning of functions. Knowledge-based paradigm of ideological and political education is an educational paradigm in accordance with the content of ideological and political education to define, excessive pursuit of knowledge economy era thirst for knowl edge, ideological and political education lost its essential function of teaching people to learn in life. Type instill ideological and political education paradigm is to educate those who use mechanical, simple way to inject educated fixed values à ¢Ã¢â ¬Ã¢â¬ ¹Ã ¢Ã¢â ¬Ã¢â¬ ¹and behavior required for specific social habits educational paradigm from teaching methods to the existing level of ideological and political education to define the way of education advocating simple infusion method, the object will be placed in the educated, passive acceptance of the status. Based on ideological and political education to understand the nature, it can be divided into ideological and political education paradigm paradigm and text Humanistic Paradigm. Text paradigm is to the book-oriented, policy-oriented policy document from the theory of ideological and political education philosophy and time mode. It is talk about abstract theory while ignoring students practical, pay attention to the text while ignoring students need logic, summed up only heavy books, than to men present. Humanistic Paradigm people-oriented, to meet the reasonable needs of people play human body, promote personal improvement and achieve comprehensive human development as the purpose and the starting point of ideological and political education. Students believe that education is both the object and the subject is education, not only education, guidance, encouragement, and respect, understanding, care and help students grow talent. à à à à à At any time, ideological and political education in the ideological field will not disappear, cultivate socialist builders and successors, maintain its existing regime is always the same mission. However, in the ideological and political education course in order to achieve the set goals, we need to take into account the relationship between good individual needs and social needs, adhere to the people-oriented, and only in this way can always get peoples sincere support and cooperation in the implementation process. Marxist ideological and political education science paradigm is to be the times produced, it only emphasizes the social function of ideological and political education, but also take into account the individual features of ideological and political education, new perspective and height to locate the object of ideological and political education scientific and rational handling of the relationship between social needs and the needs of the individual. R ound development of people has become the main theme of ideological and political education. Purpose of ideological and political education in modern society continues to be diversified, humane, this is not a historical regression, on the contrary, ideological and political education of college students is in self-denial and constantly explore new trend of ideological and political education of survival and development. à à à à à Affected specific social environment, collectivism, value orientation in all areas of China has been fully developed and carried forward. This tendency to pursue the centrality of collective interests, the collective interests of one-dimensional thinking absolute priority in order to achieve collective interests, to achieve the desired goal of collective, personal interest in a certain range is weakened, or even limit. This situation is reflected in the ideological and political education objects, particularly reflected in the university student body, the college students is abstract, and college students into a passive capital of the people. Anti-Japanese War and the process of socialist construction, it unifies the ideological, college students gather strength, greatly enhancing the capacity-building and the construction of a new socialist enthusiasm of Chinese college students, the history of the mountain had also once appeared Students the countryside, the de velopment of the western region and other boom, visible contribution to the construction of the motherland Students tremendous power. However, with the economic and social development, multiculturalism began life full of college students, college students consciousness continues awakening, significantly enhanced sense of independence, this time should have timely adjustment of the kind of neglect, even limiting ideological and political education of college students individual needs, However, due to the lag of action, combined with ideological and political education for ideological and political education to understand the function of individual weaknesses, so that ideological and political education in modern society has become a university student can not fully reflect the thoughts of college students from reality pure class life. So, the social philosophical paradigm ideological and political education is facing serious challenges in modern society. à à à à à Common body in the ideological and political education, some common beliefs or views on the ideological and political educators recognized in the field of education and ideological and political nature of the Institute of Theoretical support, produced a series of ideological and political education ideas and genres, formed the ideological and political diversified Education development Paradigm. A. Meaning Education Paradigm Ideological and political education paradigm is that people has occurred in the ideological and political education of views held, general way of thinking and thinking framework, its core is the way of thinking. Thought educators engaged in educational activities, follows the norms, ways of thinking, mode of education, experience and learn from others through examples and so called ideological and political education paradigm, the paradigm ideological and political education mainly with the characteristics of ideological and political education of college students formed unique educational system, it provides tools for the concept of ideological and political education of college students. Construction of ideological and political education paradigm is both ideological and political education of practical reason and call return, but also a reflection on the value of ideological and political education and the integration of scientific rationality. B. Path Selection Despite ideological and political education paradigm undisputed facts, but because of the special nature of the ideological and political education, the division of its type paradigm has divergent views. Depending on the standard paradigm of ideological and political education can be divided into different types. According to the different fields of application, the ideological and political education into ideological and political education Paradigm Paradigm and Paradigm. Teaching Paradigm is the path of ideological and political workers in the teaching practice followed, an important factor in the ideological and political education concepts, theories and techniques routes include. Paradigm is the ideological and political education theory researchers to obtain results of a path of thinking, conduct and mode of discourse. An educational paradigm, ideological and political education as a tool for countries in need of salvation, contrary to the nature of the ideological and political education, ideological and political education paradigm obscured human value function and meaning of functions. Knowledge-based paradigm of ideological and political education is an educational paradigm in accordance with the content of ideological and political education to define, excessive pursuit of knowledge economy era thirst for knowledge, ideological and political education lost its essential function of teaching people to learn in life. Type instill ideological and political education paradigm is to educate those who use mechanical, simple way to inject educated fixed values à ¢Ã¢â ¬Ã¢â¬ ¹Ã ¢Ã¢â ¬Ã¢â¬ ¹and behavior required for specific social habits educational paradigm from teaching methods to the existing level of ideological and political education to define the way of education advocating simple infusi on method, the object will be placed in the educated, passive acceptance of the status. Based on ideological and political education to understand the nature, it can be divided into ideological and political education paradigm paradigm and text Humanistic Paradigm. Text paradigm is to the book-oriented, policy-oriented policy document from the theory of ideological and political education philosophy and time mode. It is talk about abstract theory while ignoring students practical, pay attention to the text while ignoring students need logic, summed up only heavy books, than to men present. Humanistic Paradigm people-oriented, to meet the reasonable needs of people play human body, promote personal improvement and achieve comprehensive human development as the purpose and the starting point of ideological and political education. Students believe that education is both the object and the subject is education, not only education, guidance, encouragement, and respect, understanding, care and help students grow talent. C. Predicament and Breakthrough Bearing on the ideological and political education paradigm abstract scientific theory, then under the specific educational practice, it is join the ideological and political education theory and practice of ties and bridges. The current lot of ideological and political education paradigm was unable to meet the needs of development of college students, ideological and political education must be based on Marxist epistemology and methodology as a starting point, strive to get rid of the existing paradigm fetters, build a reasonable paradigm, the students of human dignity, freedom, happiness and overall development as the ultimate concern of ideological and political education, students fairness, tolerance, integrity, independence, self-reliance, self-consciousness and ideas. From the ideological and political education paradigm type of view, instrumental only pay attention to ideological and political education paradigm social needs, ignoring the overall development of the people, who put their professional education as a means to earn a living, pay attention to the teaching of the theory of norms preaching, not too much consider the relationship between political theory and the development of students, and students is that learning is the ideological and political theory needs of the country, we need to test, regardless of their own development, not to be combined with their own growth, there is no urgent need to learn, eventually leading to the ideological and political education value lost. Knowledge-based ideological and political education paradigm of the function of ideological and political education is only limited to imparting knowledge level, the ideological and political education equivalent to the intellectual, focusing on students knowledge indoctrination, ignoring the student body characteristics, according to the students knowledge learning logic to arrange teaching, moral education to make educated, humanistic value of training style education, ideological and political education is lost. Instill type of ideological and political education paradigm emphasizes subjectivity body, ignoring subjectivity object, ignoring the object carried by the culture, interests, needs and realities of life factors likely to cause differences in ideals and beliefs of society and college students real desire between educational purposes and human development out of touch, ideological and political education by subjectivity lost. D. Significance of Education Ideological and political education paradigm coupling ideological and political education and ideological and political education community, education is the intermediary between the subject and object of education. Reasonable ideological and political education paradigm, ideological and political education subject and object of education closely linked, so that the subject of education, education and education paradigm object organic education recognize the overall composition. Paradigm has a point to ideological and political education practice features and content, can be thought of education, practice methods lead to a common paradigm-based research who are committed to the same rules and standards in the practice of science. Formation of ideological and political education paradigm established a common belief common body of ideological and political education groups, ways of thinking and common theoretical basis, so that researchers from scattered to integration, relatively close, you can conduct in-depth exchanges of academic community. The researchers thinking, ideas and methods of ideological and political education focused on the existing problems, to keep the achievements that have been made to deepen. Ideological and political education is the ideological and political education paradigm real-world complexity in the method for decomposing the ideological and political education, paradigm, once formed, it will have a strong vitality, when the paradigm can not be used to explain and guide the resolution of the ideological and political education in the field most problems, paradigm shift will occur. Therefore, the current ideological and political education paradigm from monologue to dialogue with the conversion will be the ideological and political education theory and practice to promote the in-depth and in full swing. Big Data era, many privacy protective efficacy have shown a downward trend, whereas the previous privacy protection mechanisms have also been hit hard, for example, in anonymity, blurring and other aspects, its role is gradually reduced, and the new set up for the protection of privacy institutional mechanisms right is also facing many challenges. Fast developed communication technology, social development and structural change and gradually form a network of virtual structure, are showing growing trend change. The newly formed venture is likely to be caused by the use of advanced technological means to prevent and defuse the risk, not only of the existing system is facing greater challenges of identity, and even lead to the acceleration of normal social order into chaos. Thought awareness and value judgments big boost Students wave data from the network for more internet. It is due to the growing diversity of the characteristics of the network information content presented on both the mainstream concept of a strong impact, one-way interaction between the members of society as a guide for both methods produced profound effects sexuality, network development process by showing innovative mode of transmission for both itself has produced a strong challenge stereotyping. To enhance the ideological and political education, ideological and political education workers is an urgent need for large data essence, features in-depth understanding, and thus establish a large data thinking, that is comprehensive, ambiguity, open mind, and ultimately to develop a scientific accurate large data collection, and analysis judged the ability to choose. Big data can threaten the privacy and freedom of college students, exacerbated by its dependence on big data. Related Information Students Internet use is likely to be compromised, even by others or some unscrupulous people to grasp. Meanwhile, college students are actually a lot of information of the data, a dedicated, the corresponding database information system. Therefore, those in the more vulnerable party information university administrators and students will seriously affect the effectiveness of ideological and political education, which seriously threaten student privacy issues. In the data age, social dependence on big data is growing, but the reliability and interpretation of scientific certainty how big data is becoming a challenge in todays society. If the poor quality of the collected data is large, reach the quantification purposes, data analysis, there is bound to highly misleading or even wrong. Standardized data to test the ideological and political quality of college students on a comprehensive assessment of its university set reasonable incentive issues, whether objectively reasonable to highlight the desired quality of teachers? For these problems, data analysis is difficult to ensure the reliability of conclusions. At the same time, gradually to the era of big data transformation process, we can not accurately predict the existence of data between non-objectivity and even misleading, as similar risks if not addressed, will affect the Ideological and Political Education Effectiveness. Advanced information technology to continuously promote ideological and political education and the high degree of integration between information technology, it has become an inevitable choice of ideological and political education of college students study. Opportunity data Ideological and Political Education in the following areas. A. Enhance the comprehensive study Big data can be used to record the ideological and political education of the complete process. Through data integration platform to build, constantly bringing together public data relating to a public network platform and network questionnaire presented, can fully understand the needs of contemporary college students, more personalized service to student growth and success; the original resource data, intermediate outcomes to be three-dimensional applications, so that the ideological trend of college students to highlight the problem and empirical quantification, with a distinct sense of the times and lead, is conducive to strengthening the whole dynamic of research on college students ideological; through the collection of data and large campus induction, both ideological and understand the whole picture, living conditions, concluded that sampling can not be obtained, but also validate previous findings by the full sample data, discover the intrinsic correlation between data to pre dict trends, which has targeted to carry on the thinking and behavior of college students early warning. B. Scientific structure à à à à à In the rapid development of information era, microblogging, letter, forum, Baidu Post Bar and BBS and other social media use has become college students space for free speech, mobile phones, tablet PCs and other mobile network terminal equipment, in favor of the Internet to view the information, opinions and participate in the network a hot topic, so in a timely manner crawl structured data and unstructured data, data-oriented, structured process to become a reality. Universities also through the campus network and campus card business and other relatively sophisticated systems have been built up, the gradual accumulation of student data, overall objective and accurate simulation of diversity. C. The depth of excavation à à à à à Rich data types between the depth of data mining association offers the possibility, through rapid data calculations can quickly synchronize even reflect the real life world, reflect the students thinking, living, learning situation. Compared to traditional static data, sync data with higher reliability, which overcomes the shortcomings of inference based on experience or intuition. Ideological and political education by restructuring the data, revealing the depth of the problem difficult to deal with the idea of à ¢Ã¢â ¬Ã¢â¬ ¹Ã ¢Ã¢â ¬Ã¢â¬ ¹dynamic or unpredictable, is conducive to play a personalized education, easier to promote the health of students, so as to enhance the ideological and political education work effective. D. Scientific research methods à à à à à Big Data is changing the existing forms of communication, new media presents a series of distinctive features, such as data, personalization, etc., are at large continue to strengthen the development of the background data, and presents many new changes. Large data-based terminal and new media content hosted, for the audience to provide more detailed information and personalized service. In the field of ideological and political education, through a complex network analysis, large-scale data collection and other scientific methods, significantly enhances the Science of Humanities and Social Sciences Research. E. Analysis on Ideological and Political Education to University Students Big Data Based à à à à à How reasonable and lawful access to large data college students, and scientific and effective analysis and Interpretations, ideological and political education workers become urgent to resolve the issue. à à à à à The presence of harmful information on the proliferation of network, such as violence, false advertising, pornographic sites, etc., have increasingly become the new network nuisance. How quickly and accurately tease out the information in the complicated wave of the required information has become a major problem. Data mining era of big data needs depth, the complete use of structured, semi-structured and unstructured variety crawler. Data Source is currently working with the Students Ideological closely related, there are four categories: One is the campus Web site, including the campus network, the official micro-Bo, the student network platform, various departments of office automation platform, anti-technology platform and campus security services campus card platform. The main source of such data contains the students academic performance, classroom attendance, borrow books, the campus card consumption, awards, funded situation, employment intentions and oth er individual sample data. The second is social media, such as microblogging, letter, forum, paste it, quiz communities, social networking sites, the main source of such data to reflect public opinion and association between samples society. The third is the search engines, such as Baidu, Google and so on, this kind of data by searching the index highlights major social hotspots and trends. The fourth is the portal, such as Peoples Daily, Xinhua, Sina, Netease, mainly reflecting the social hot and students attention and relevance feedback. F. Data Mining à à à à à Better access to useful data, need to determine the so-called keyword parameters on the basis of huge amounts of data collected on. The keyword is just not enough, we also need an interdisciplinary group of experts from fields such as management, computer science and other disciplines. Hadhoop is currently the more popular access to massive data information platform, through this platform, any individual or organization can own needs related to data mining. College authorities can collect various types of structured, semi-structured data is processed through hadhoop platform to educate students to obtain useful information. G. Big Data Analysis à à à à à Big data analysis is a huge amount of data to search, compare, clustering, statistical analysis, to explore the correlation between the data to arrive at the appropriate conclusions. Depending on the problem, the use of the ideological and political education, sociology, psychology and other related theories selecting different analytical methods, such as regression analysis, neural network method, and select the appropriate point of observation and quantification procedures. In particular, the use of visualization technology, the data can be converted to describe the state of mind, thinking and behavior of college students in a profound grasp of the development on the basis of ideological and timely manner to dynamic analysis, forecasting and guidance, to explore the ideological development of the law of Students. Conclusion Information collection and analysis process is a key step in the ideological and political education, ideological and political education research paradigm to innovate, and constantly improve the level of quantitative analysis. To this end, efforts need to do the following: First, the resource-rich and data-related departments, media and enterprises to carry out extensive cooperation, with its advantages of large volumes of data, legal compliance dig Students relevant information to formulate and improve ideological and political education policy provide a scientific basis; the second is to create suitable for all levels of ideological and political education work in big data platform, and further work to establish long-term effective mechanism for data collection and analysis process; third is to actively set up an interdisciplinary research group, give full play to the advantages of multi-disciplinary , formation of force; Fourth, identify the starting point and focus thought Stude nts collected information, and effectively improve the timeliness of information analysis, both online and offline from good grasp of the overall state of mind contact with the student population and various events between more emphasis on the accumulation of individual data of students, revealing the depth of individual thinking and behavior situation, and then to carry out personalized, customized educational activities to provide strong support, in order to improve the relevance and effectiveness of different types of ideological and political education.
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Causes of Criminal Behavior
In todayââ¬â¢s time, deviance and crime plaque American society. There are vast degrees of deviance, from a simple shoplifter, to a car thief, to a killing machine with no conscience, otherwise known as a serial killer. How is this killing machine created? Where and how does this type of criminal behavior begin? The answers to these questions must be addressed in order to stop the formation of deviance. While searching for these answers, the nature vs. nurture is brought up. Scientist and psychologists have debated over whether a childââ¬â¢s upbringing forms their behavior or whether they are born with a personality disorder, or could it be their body type and brain set up? (Jones 1) Society may never truly know all the causes of this behavior but for now, they wrong upbringing can, without a doubt, increase the chances of violent behavior. It has been said for years that ones parents are the base to make someone the person they become as an adult. Parents are a young childââ¬â¢s role model, but as we grow older we start to have other influences in our lives. People such as our friends, teachers, and other family members are considered to be part of our outside environment. In todayââ¬â¢s time we are seeing less nuclear families and more single parent households. (Waggoner 30) Kimberly J. Waggoner did a study called, ââ¬Å"The Project of Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoodsâ⬠which followed 80 young kids, till the age of 30, to see what kind of an impact their childhood had on them as an adult. She found that without two reliable role models, it can make a difference in that childââ¬â¢s behavior. Waggoner 30) She makes a great point that, ââ¬Å"Grandmothers often play an important role in preventing children from developing antisocial behavior, especially those children born to teen mothers. In essence, children with access to extended family and other role models can thrive in a single- parent home. â⬠She also goes on to say, ââ¬Å"Yet, some studies have found that boys raised by their birth mother and a stepfat her are no better off than boys raised by mom alone. â⬠(Waggoner 30) The cause of this could be that the boys look at their stepfather as competitors, rather than role models, who normally help children develop their self-esteem. Boys need to have that male role model in their lives. Without a solid home environment, it could lead a child towards the first step to criminal behavior, which is delinquent behavior. It starts as young as preschool. The child shows aggressive behavior toward their peers, and is than deemed as an outcast. Most times, this creates poor peer relations and causes those children to b e with others who share similar behaviors; usually these relationships continue into adolescents and maybe even adulthood. Waggoner 28) A childââ¬â¢s environment and upbringing has a tremendous effect on who they become as an adult. ââ¬Å"As an adult, we can choose the environment in which to live, and this will either positively or negatively reinforce our personality traitsâ⬠¦ However, children are limited to the extent of choosing their environment, which accounts for the greater influence of environmental factors in childhood behavior,â⬠says Caitlin Jones, a professor at the Rochester Ins titute of Technology. Jones 4) Even though all these things can cause criminal behavior, they are not the only causes. Parents could be great and do almost everything right and still have a criminal child on their hands. It is a great question they may never be answered, what makes some people commit vindictive criminal acts, while others could not even kill a fly? We may never truly know the answer but, there are plenty of theories on the brain of a criminal. An Italian psychiatrist by the name of Cesare Lombroso has done countless studies of the skulls of criminals and found, ââ¬Å"â⬠¦ each type of crime is committed by men with a particular physiognomic characteristics, such as a lack of a bred or an abundance of hairâ⬠¦Ã¢â¬ (Rafter 69) In 1876 during an in depth study, Lombroso discovered most skulls of criminals were unusually small or malformed. Some of the skulls had a median occipital fossetta, and others had ââ¬Å"monkeylike anomaliesâ⬠. (Rafter 70) Criminals are said to look like everyone else, but there are little differences that to the normal person, go unnoticed. So they really do not look a whole lot different than the rest of us, yet they are still thought to be ââ¬Å"backward intellectually compared to an honest man. â⬠(Rafter 69) Another theory behind the criminal mind was brought up in the late 18th century by a German physician named Johann Gasper Spurzheim, and he came to what he thought, was an inescapable conclusion, ââ¬Å"â⬠¦ on the basis of numerous examples I have identified the primary cause of homicide, overdevelopment of the organ of Destructiveness, which is the seat of both negative and useful forms of destructionâ⬠¦It is commonly larger in men than women. (Rafter 78) Crimes are committed everyday; there are so many theories on the causes of crime one could talk about them for days. I believe both Lombroso and Spurzheim had great points; criminals are considered to be backward, which causes them to be vain, vindictive, remorseless, and undeterrable. Than, Spurzheim, believing in his organ of Destructiveness. Th ere is just one thing wrong with both of these theories; they leave out the women criminals. Men may be considered to be more physically violent than women but, they are just as capable as men at committing a violent act. Take the case of Andre Yates: in 2001, she systematically drowned her five children in a bath tub. Andre married a man by the name of Rusty Yates in 1993, and than she became pregnant six times in seven years, one ended in a miscarriage. Rusty insisted that Yates home school and take full care of the children herself. This placed heavy burdens on her and isolated her from social support. In early 2001, Andre lost her father and was prescribed antipsychotic drugs, she had her last child and went into postpartum psychosis. After drowning the children, Yates confessed she was not a good mother and was possessed by Satan. (Rafter 6) All the burdens of schooling, caring and cleaning up after five children can drive some mothers crazy. She could not handle all that stress than, after the trauma of losing her father, and having another baby, Andre Yates finally snapped. She is now incarcerated in a mental hospital. Cesare Lombroso also studied women criminals. He compared female offenders to their male counterparts and found ââ¬Å"the few violent women exceed men in their ferocity and cruelty. (Rafter 71) Of course, there are far more crimes that are committed by men than women, yet women should not be eliminated from the world of crime. A criminal is a criminal, regardless of gender. Why do some offenders only commit one crime and others make a career out of it? A range of thoughts and theories exist. Some of those include: Kimberly Waggoner and all her ideas of childhood causes, outside environment, and our upbringing, Caitlin Jones and being able to choose our own environment as an adult to stop potential criminals. Also important are those of Nicole Rafter and the criminal brain, along with Lombroso, on women criminals and their male counterparts. Criminal behavior has been the subject for debate for centuries and will continue to be for centuries to come because, ââ¬Å"Criminals are remorseless, incapable of resisting impulse to harm others, and morally savage, but in other aspects normal. â⬠(Rafter 20) Hopefully, with all the knowledge we have and the studies yet to come, it will help to end the frustration that criminal justice psychiatrist experience while trying to fight crime, instead they will be able to understand, control and prevent crime.
Thursday, January 9, 2020
The Main Themes of The Story Of An Hour - Free Essay Example
Sample details Pages: 3 Words: 784 Downloads: 1 Date added: 2019/05/27 Category Literature Essay Tags: The Story Of An Hour Essay Did you like this example? Kate Chopin, the only child of 5 to survive into adulthood. Her piece The Story of an Hour can be perceived in different ways. It is just as the title describes, a story that occurs within the span of an hour. Donââ¬â¢t waste time! Our writers will create an original "The Main Themes of The Story Of An Hour" essay for you Create order One could regard it as just a return from death stories and forget about it. However, this short story has a much more in depth meaning and attempts to make a statement about womens rights and maybe even humanity. In most cases death ensues grief or sorrow whereas in this story, death brings a mixture of those along with jubilation and a sense of newfound independence. Kate Chopin made the heroine of the story Louise portray how marriage can be confining and something like enslaving or a form of servitude rather than being a mutually loving partnership. Mr. Mallard our heroiners husband is believed to have died from a railroad crash which we can equate this to change in life or the act of moving on. Through his death, his wife would be transitioning from being a wife to being an individual with goals and aspirations. The story opens with the author making known that Mrs.Mallards heart trouble will play a role in the story and her sister felt that because of this, relaying the news of her husbandrs death had to be taken with great caution. Upon discovering the news, she understandably begins to cry and grieve in her room as she requests to be alone. Grief turns to reflection as she looks back on her life, and the reality of a new life without her husband present begins to settle in. Louise feels this overbearing feeling building up though she tries to fight it, she is aware of its presence. The feeling is far from grief as to be expected, but happiness for the new freedom that has been seemingly bestowed upon her. Chopin describes th e emotions of Louise and there is a variance in the language used. We see this in the quote And yet she loved him-sometimes. Often she did not showing how indifferent her emotions are in contrast to where her true feelings are seen through change in language. The simple statement above is stunted by What did it matter! What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in the face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being! When the emotions Louise experiences become stronger, the syntax and diction changes. She ponders over the funeral day and knows that shell be brought to tears but for reason other than sadness. The bondage she feels marriage brings is for both men and women and she attempts to shut out the fact that she had feelings for her husband and through this we start to wonder just how sad this marriage really was. We can infer that Louise is an older women from the statement earlier in the story describing her as having a fair calm face with lines projecting repression. We later come to see that as being incorrect, the lines Chopin speaks of are a result of Louisers unhappiness with her marriage as well as possibly her heart condition. She attempts to bite back the words Free! Free! Free! (Chopin 4), however, in doing so she also seems content doing so. The death of her husband seemed to be seen as freedom of being under the rule of another and even freedom from a man she did not fully love. We dont know her first name at the beginning of the story and as the story progresses and t is revealed, we can see that Chopin does this in an attempt to show Louise trying to regain her identity lost upon marriage. Thinking on the time, wives of the latter part of 19th century were legally tied to their husbands will. However, widows did not bear the same obligations and had more recognition and thus, more of a handle on their lives. Regardless of how good of a husband Brently Mallard was to his wife, Chopin suggested that any relationship presents some limitation whether intentional or not. Mrs. Mallard looks outside her window and sees the trees with new life as spring approaches. All her eyes can see from the window are signs of new life which is worded very effectively as spring is equated with a sign of rebirth and renewal and her husband died around this time of year. In the statement that she would live for herself only in the coming years, Chopin suggests that the life she was living before was one in which her husband wanted for her rather than how she wanted to live.
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
What Is A Romantic Tragedy - 2502 Words
What is a Romantic tragedy? How are they useful when it comes to the genre of romantic films? Well, a romantic tragedy can be a very successful genre to work with. Although for some directors, making a romantic tragedy can become taxing on them or the actors. If something were to go wrong the movie ends up being worse that what it was meant to be. It becomes a catastrophic rendition of a romantic tragedy. When I first started taking this class, I found that there are a lot of different pieces in a film which can make or break it. A lot rides on how good the actors are at expressing feelings and not sounding robotic. These areas, or so I have come to learn, are generally categorized as: cinematography, special effects, the characters, their acting ability, the soundtrack, the plot, the cultural discourse, the narration and the surroundings. I feel that the discourses are particularly important in this genre as the subject matter. 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Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Orwell s 1984, By George Orwell - 1617 Words
Have you ever said an inappropriate joke at the wrong time and place and then notice an elderly lady staring into your soul making you question your existence? Imagine a world where everything you said, did, or thought was discriminated and controlled not only by the old lady but the entire government. Correlating with the basis of being human, humanity is the building blocks of human life, which goes to show its importance, but what if the blocks were being taken away one by one? In the novel, 1984, by George Orwell, these blocks were being stripped away from the citizens every day. Orwell gives the readers insight in a world where technology inhibits daily life, humans lack intuition, and the repression of individuality. For instance, technology today is so prevalent in our daily lives we wouldn t know how to live without it. Weââ¬â¢ve taken it for granted in mass associations, but what if technology no longer benefited us it actually caused pure terror every time you looked at it? In 1984, telescreens were the main source of technology used by the government, allowing them to ââ¬Å"plug into your wire whenever they wantedâ⬠(Orwell). They were capable of doing this using a two-way display or camera. The Government is very restricting to their party members because they are given knowledge that the proles, or common people, are not. Therefore, the Party knows rebellion is not uncommon amongst itââ¬â¢s members. The Party allows only pure loyalty to them, to assure law is in order theyShow MoreRelatedOrwell s 1984 By George Orwell911 Words à |à 4 Pages The ââ¬Å"Orwellianâ⬠Truth Have you ever thought you have been led to believe something? Or been shown something, maybe even on purpose, to change your opinion and feel scared to make you feel the need to be protected? In the novel 1984 by George Orwell this is exactly what the government did. Big Brother lied, contradicted himself and would hide reality from the people. 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Monday, December 16, 2019
Intense Personal Memories and Reflections Free Essays
Intense personal memories and reflections have always been an inspiration to poets. Explore this concept with regards to the poems that you have studied referring to three poems in detail and at least three poems from your wider reading. The theme of reflections is something frequently explored in literature. We will write a custom essay sample on Intense Personal Memories and Reflections or any similar topic only for you Order Now It is truly a powerful force. It can bestow courage, feelings of warmth, and even overwhelm you and this is exactly what the below six poets did by manipulating their personal and emotional reflections to generate an emotive impact on us by using a variety of literary devices to present to us a ââ¬Ëwindowââ¬â¢ into their pasts. Alice Walker (Poem at Thirty-Nine), U. A. Fanthorpe (Half past Two) and D. H. Lawrence (Piano) have all portrayed powerful emotional memories and reflections in their poems. ââ¬Å"Poem At Thirty-Nineâ⬠was concerning a woman who learnt everything from her father and desired to do the simple things he did during his life although she was very privileged to acquire an education hence she could better herself in life. ââ¬Å"Followerâ⬠by Seamus Heaney was a poem that related to the admiration of their parent. Half-Past Twoâ⬠evaluated the predicament of a young boy in an after school punishment for ââ¬Å"Something Very Wrongâ⬠but he was instructed to remain in the schoolroom until ââ¬Å"half- past twoâ⬠but he did not understand the concept of time. ââ¬Å"My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Roughâ⬠by Stephen Spender evaluated a childhood problem similarly to ââ¬Å"Half-Past Twoâ⬠where in this case, the title is self-explanatory. Pianoâ⠬ was a well-defined example of the author of the poem ruminating on his past life, but in particular, music of his childhood making him return to certain events forcefully but he realised how much he has transformed and the memories made him crave to return to the past. ââ¬Å"Once Upon A Timeâ⬠by Gabriel Okara also was a poem where the adult wanted to return to the past but in this poem, it was not for a childhood memory but a quality that was expelled from his mind during adulthood. D. H. Lawrenceââ¬â¢s ââ¬Å"Pianoâ⬠was written in quatrains with 3 stanzas. The structure of 3 stanzas divided the poem into 3 different parts which made it organised and stanzas created a clear space in time. Through the usage of stanzas, the emotional contrasts between his dwelling in his childhood memories and the aftermath are much more distinct and easier to apprehend. With the change from the second to the third stanza, the personaââ¬â¢s memories of delight were juxtaposed with reality settling in where Lawrenceââ¬â¢s language now was in the present. The poet used several poetic devices but one that triumphs was his distinct word placement and perfectly placed words and syllables. This portrayed the intensity of emotion in the poem since he knew the exact phrases and words to maximise the effect of presenting emotions in a sophisticated manner. A perfect example of this would be where instead of just saying ââ¬Å"going backâ⬠or ââ¬Å"train of thoughtâ⬠he used ââ¬Å"vista of years. â⬠Another example of this specific word usage was when Lawrence used the phrase ââ¬Å"Till I seeâ⬠which communicated the message in a more powerful manner than ââ¬Å"I remember. The poet chose a particular phrase because he wanted to communicate exact images and not leave a lot of room for assumption since just using ââ¬Å"I rememberâ⬠or ââ¬Å"going backâ⬠could be a range of memories. He also used phrases such as ââ¬Å"A childâ⬠to refer to himself and he referred to his mother as ââ¬Å"A motherâ⬠w hich made the poem impersonal but it was an attempt to make him detached from the memories and as if he almost didnââ¬â¢t distinguish his past self, seeing that he has changed so much. Lawrence utilised a variety of poetic devices such as sibilance, onomatopoeia and what I think to be his most effective and successful, his selective diction. The poet has effectively established an enthralling atmosphere for the poem by using sibilance. He used sibilance not just for an atmosphere creation but to add a sinister and harsh tone to a line: ââ¬Å"In spite of myself, the insidious mastery of song. â⬠That was also another precisely chosen phrase. There were many examples of sibilance such as ââ¬Å"Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me;â⬠and ââ¬Å"â⬠¦smiles as she sings,â⬠where the ââ¬Å"sâ⬠sounds similar to that of a whisper which portrayed. Now the intensity of his memory but now itââ¬â¢s beginning to emotionally hurt him. Also when the poet asserted ââ¬Å"In spite of myself,â⬠he was forced to reckon these moments, he referred to his masculinity. The ââ¬Å"insidious mastery of songâ⬠¦ Betrays me back,â⬠tricked him into the nostalgia of childhood, it forced him to ââ¬Å"weep to belong,â⬠since he didnââ¬â¢t want to revisit the past. He pulled himself out of recalling about the child he was with the phrase ââ¬Å"In spite of myselfâ⬠The poet used the words ââ¬Å"Sundayâ⬠and ââ¬Å"at homeâ⬠which gave a sense of resting and peace but he used a contradictory metaphor, ââ¬Å"winter outsideâ⬠which meant the harsh world outside his safe home. As that stanza continued, you saw the theme of safety and comfort continues where he said ââ¬Å"hymns in the cozy parlour. â⬠The hymns show that the family was a God-fearing family and a parlour was where the best things in the house were and where guests usually were so that also shows a close knitted family and the sense of security between the family members. The poet also used onomatopoeia in ââ¬Å"boom of the tingling stringsâ⬠and ââ¬Å"tinkling ââ¬Å" since ââ¬Å"boomâ⬠and ââ¬Å"tinklingâ⬠described their own sound. Lawrence used a musical term in the final stanza ââ¬Å"With the great black piano appassionatoâ⬠which enhanced the impression on the reader. As the reader, ââ¬Å"appassionatoâ⬠was more impacting than loud since it was associated to music and it was more expressive. ââ¬Å"Appassionatoâ⬠added to the fact that to the characterââ¬â¢s music didnââ¬â¢t matter anymore and that heââ¬â¢d rather be with his mother. The singer, his mother, was trying ââ¬Å"in vainâ⬠which and continued where the mother singing was ââ¬Å"clamourâ⬠so she comprehended that he was beginning to lose attention but her attempts to retrieve his focus we futile. He then used the pejorative term, ââ¬Å"childish daysâ⬠which tended to suggests immaturity but the ââ¬Å"glamorâ⬠of those days makes him long for it. Also this extract ââ¬Å"â⬠¦ my manhood is cast/Down in the flood of remembranceâ⬠¦Ã¢â¬ shows that he wept like a child for the past therefore by his weeping; the gap between child and man, sentiment and masculinity, and past and present is abridged. Personally, I think anyone can relate to this poem because no matter who you are thereââ¬â¢s that one moment in childhood everyone longs to return to and just like Lawrence, everyone sees it as a ââ¬Å"glamor. ââ¬Å"Once Upon A Timeâ⬠by Gabriel Okara is related to ââ¬Å"Pianoâ⬠because within the poem, there was the desire to return to the past but in this poem, it was a conversation between a father and a son where the father was relating how actions of people were executed when he was young compared to the present and now the father (narrator) wis hed he could return to his original innocent state. Unlike ââ¬Å"Piano,â⬠ââ¬Å"Once Upon A Timeâ⬠was a free verse poem. The first three stanzas have the same general pattern where Okara starts by narrating the past and explaining how things used to be, but then he tells the negative reality, making the tone of the poem very sinister and bitter by using phrases such as ââ¬Å"ice ââ¬â block cold eyesâ⬠and ââ¬Å"shake hands without hearts,â⬠whereas in ââ¬Å"Pianoâ⬠there was a sinister undertone with the ââ¬Å"insidiousâ⬠sibilance. The mood of this poem for the majority of it was seriousness but at the ending, the mood changes to regret and you see how heartfelt the fatherââ¬â¢s desire to become like what he used to be. So show me, son, how to laugh; show me howâ⬠¦ I used to laugh and smileâ⬠¦ once upon a time when I was like you. â⬠The repetition in that extract emphasised the genuineness of his regret. A simile that Okara used to express his regret was ââ¬Å"â⬠¦my teeth like a snakeââ¬â¢s bare fangs! â⬠which shows who remorseful he feels by using a poisonous snake to represent his teeth. So we see that just as how Lawrence wants to return to his childhood for the memories, Okara wants to learn from his past by letting his son teach him how to show his true feelings again. Poem at Thirty-Nineâ⬠by Alice Walker differs from Piano and Half-Past Two because it is a free verse poem. In free verse poems, you tend to get the memories that was most impacted on you so the reflection becomes more fascinating. Although this poem was written in free verse, there was still a distinct separation between the two sections of the poem. That was presented in the repetition of the phrase ââ¬Å"How I miss my fatherâ⬠where the first time, it seemed like she was sighing of deliberation and remorse. This remorse can also be linked in with the phrase ââ¬Å"though many of my truths must have grieved him before the end. â⬠She now recognised that what she disclosed might have upset him but the second time was with an exclamation mark, instead of a sigh, it appeared to be more like a wail. At this point she recalled and missed her father and the fun things about him. Finally there was the stanza that concludes poem which told us that she has become the woman that her father wanted her to be. Walker used simple language that was never overstated or simulated in any way so without the use of the extravagant words; you can clearly perceive that this poem is coming from her heart. She used simple, short phrases and sentences such as ââ¬Å"Writing slips and deposit checksâ⬠or ââ¬Å"cooking, writing, chopping woodâ⬠which also gives you an impression of Walker attempting to communicate with the reader and not narrating a story. This is a significant contrast from the poem ââ¬Å"Pianoâ⬠because in piano, the entire poem was based on the perfect layout of words and syllables using complex vocabulary. This poem consisted of various literary devices such as similes, metaphors and the dominating symbolism. One simile used in the poem was ââ¬Å"He cooked like a person dancingâ⬠which contrasts with the proceeding line ââ¬Å"in a yoga meditationâ⬠but nonetheless the dancing showed that the father enjoyed cooking but he seems concentrated and contented with his actions. An example of a metaphor in the poem was ââ¬Å"my brain lightâ⬠which was an usual combination of words but the light can be ascertained to either be free from care, worry or stress and even meditation. Then, there was the many examples of symbolism but I think the most obvious would be ââ¬Å"â⬠¦tossing this and that into the pot; seasoning none of my life the same way twice;â⬠this can be understood where she was carefree and she has a lack of concern and attention to details. The ââ¬Å"seasoningâ⬠would be a symbol of her daily activities. Another symbolic phrase would be ââ¬Å"cooking, writing, chopping wood, staring into the fire. â⬠To me, I see those actions as symbols of independence where she was able to survive without relying on her parents. Chopping woodâ⬠shows that sheââ¬â¢s not afraid of the gender boundary of the society then since women were looked down upon and they had little to no rights and it was the same for Black-Americans and Alice Walker had the privilege of being from both groups. She later became a racial and womenââ¬â¢s activist. You could say that she is a modern woman, being able to be independent and fight for her belie fs. Any father ââ¬Å"would have grown to admireâ⬠the woman she had become especially hers who had been a freed slave. ââ¬Å"Followerâ⬠by Seamus Heaney was written in quatrains each of the six stanzas has four lines thus being a structured poem. This poem relates to ââ¬Å"Poem at Thirty-Nineâ⬠because it focuses on admiration just like in ââ¬Å"Poem at Thirty-Nineâ⬠The poem has multiple splits where particular stanzas focus on different people. Stanza one to three focuses on the expertise in the farm by his father. Evidence where this is clearly seen is ââ¬Å"The horse strained at his clicking tongueâ⬠where you notice that with an effortless human noise and he controls the animals on the farm. A more obvious example was just the two word sentence ââ¬Å"An Expertâ⬠which just states that he was excellent at what he did. Then stanzas four to six, Heaney talked about himself being a nuisance on the farm and what made this apparent was that Heaney begins to use the pronoun ââ¬Å"I. â⬠ââ¬Å"I stumbledâ⬠¦ / I was a nuisance, tripping, fallingâ⬠where Heaney admits that he was, in fact, a nuisance, but there was a twist at the end of the poem where ââ¬Å"But todayâ⬠¦ It is my father who keeps stumblingâ⬠¦ Behind me, and will not go away. â⬠And this was the ultimate theme of the poem ââ¬â the relationship of the father and the son and how the role of being a farmer is reversed when you age. The mood of this poem was actually not one of bitterness but love between the father and son although that word was never mentioned in the poem. There were similes, metaphors, oxymoron and onomatopoeia used in this poem. ââ¬Å"His shoulders globed like a full sail strungâ⬠This simile stressed how Heaney admired his fatherââ¬â¢s strength. ââ¬Å"The sweating team turned roundâ⬠This was a metaphor for the father controlling his sonââ¬â¢s future. One of the oxymoron examples were: ââ¬Å"Polished sodâ⬠which highlights that you cannot have smooth mud, so Heaney cannot follow. Onomatopoeia: ââ¬Å"Dipping and rising to his plodâ⬠accentuated Heaney as a young boy following his father, and also his fatherââ¬â¢s farming, the movement of the horse-plough. Reading this poem, people can relate to this poem because in everyoneââ¬â¢s life, you eventually move up in life from the nuisance to the one who actually does the work and the same people who thought you weââ¬â¢re the nuisance to them, you now think they hinder you. ââ¬Å"Half-Past Twoâ⬠by U. A. Fanthorpe is a structured poem where each stanza has three lines each. The poem follows a chronological order where it began him in a classroom in his after school punishment and it follows the events like a time lapse until the teacher dismissed him but then you notice that the poem ends on a philosophical note. In the first stanza, we saw evidence of there being a contrast in age in the lines being spoken by a narrator in third person and in brackets, the narrator in first person narrative. We saw evidence of this throughout the poem. For example, ââ¬Å"He did Something Very Wrongâ⬠¦ (I forget what it was)â⬠Everything spoken by the first person narrator was written in brackets but when he was relating the past events he writes freely. When Fanthorpe was reflecting upon his younger childhood; he could not tell the time so time existed for him in personal interactions and it was important times such as ââ¬Å"Gettinguptime, Timeyouwereofftime, Timetogohometime, TVtimeâ⬠¦ â⬠and the concept of the ââ¬Å"half ââ¬â past twoâ⬠was not understood by him. This poem, just like all the other poems, has a great amount of literary devices such as personification, repetition and oxymoron. One example of personification was where he attempted to comprehend the concept of time as a child and the personified the clock ââ¬Å"â⬠¦ he little eyes, the long legs for walking,â⬠but still he could not ââ¬Å"click its languageâ⬠which meant no matter how hard he tried to figure out the clock and how it works, all his attempts were unsuccessful. In stanza seven, he is in a moment of isolation ââ¬â ââ¬Å"Out of reach from all timeforsâ⬠and away from the impact of time ââ¬â ââ¬Å"Heââ¬â¢d escaped time for everâ⬠which is comprehended as his escape from the world of time and in a fairy tale world where time has no existence. The poem from this point begins to slow down and becomes hypnotic where he was realising the routine of his life and how monotonous it was. It was as if he was falling into a trance of his regular daily life and this hypnotic stanza was achieved by the repetition of ââ¬Å"Intoâ⬠and we also see oxymoron where Fanthorpe says ââ¬Å"â⬠¦silent noise his hangnail made. â⬠Then we see where he snaps out of the trance, it was as if he was slotted back into time where he was back into ââ¬Å"teatime, Nexttime etc. â⬠When the teacher said ââ¬Å"I forgot all about you,â⬠the incident the child saw as being ââ¬Å"Something Very Wrongâ⬠and ââ¬Å"wickedâ⬠as of little importance to the teacher. These ââ¬Å"timeâ⬠words increase the tempo of the poem like if it was back into the fast lane of life. The language of the poem now becomes more adult so it could possibly be when Fanthorpe has just got himself out of his reflections and back to present. Fanthorpe uses phrases such as ââ¬Å"Clockless land foreverâ⬠which refers back to a fairy tale where time does not exist and he not knowing time, allowed him just to live without fear of time being over. He also uses the word ââ¬Å"Foreverâ⬠which links back to ââ¬Å"into ever,â⬠a place where time was infinite and does not exist or cannot be measured. The poem ends from instead of being just a reflection; Fanthorpe personified ime ââ¬Å"time hides tick-less waiting to be bornâ⬠which can be comprehended as waiting for tome to be discovered as a concept which controls our life. This poem made me and I can assure anyone who is reading ââ¬Å"Half-Past Twoâ⬠they will realise, just like how I have, the extent of how these time periods control our life and without it, the world will either go into complete p eace since it will be peaceful and there will be no need to rush or it would be a catastrophe where to world goes into uproar since people depend and base their lives on this concept of time. My Parents Who Kept Me from Children Who Were Roughâ⬠by Stephen Spender was a poem about a child who was protected from the outside world by his parents and the bullying children who roamed the streets. Spenderââ¬â¢s poem was divided into three verses of equal length, though the verse division seems more of a visual device than anything else. The lines are roughly the same length and have an irregular rhythm. It was similar to the poem ââ¬Å"Half-Past Twoâ⬠since it also involved a childhood predicament but in this poem, the parents assisted the child to avoid any severe danger to their son. Spender uses the pronoun ââ¬Å"Iâ⬠which makes the poem personal and you clearly see that Spender was reflecting on his own personal encounters. The poetic devices that I observed in this poem were alliteration, similes and enjambment on the first line of the poem. Alliteration was seen in ââ¬Å"climbing cliffsâ⬠and the simile was seen ââ¬Å"like dogs to bark at our worldâ⬠which can be understood as people who attacked other peoplesââ¬â¢ lives. In those poems, each and every one, reflections are a major part to the poets influence for the masterpieces of work. Poem at Thirty-Nineâ⬠and ââ¬Å"Followerâ⬠we saw pure admiration and love pour out of those poems, even though some might be hampered in the sadness and remorse, the sensation of awe to the poetsââ¬â¢ parents was still present. Pianoââ¬â¢ shows its power to overwhelm a fully grown man and drive him to the point of tears. ââ¬Å"Half-Past Twoâ⬠was one of those amazing poems where if you begin to imagine what would it be like and your imagination just runs wild. Once Upon A Timeâ⬠is another fantastic and usual piece of poetry where instead of having a child admire a father; Okara did the opposite and have the parent running to the child for wisdom which is a notable ironic twist that was very uncommon. ââ¬Å"My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Roughâ⬠is one of those stories where there is just nonstop bullying and you think the person being bullied would never recover, in this poem we actually see the poet forgive his enemies which now makes me admire him for that bold move although the street children never paid any attention to him. Personally I believe in the power of memory. Through recollecting the past and reflecting upon it, I see what I can do to improve myself and be a better person. With it you can become happy but yet be pained by it and I have my regrets but those memories hurt, keep me awake at night and cause fits of depression. It is a normal part of life. Live with it, do not seek to dwell in the past and create more memories worth remembering. How to cite Intense Personal Memories and Reflections, Papers
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Philosophy for American Journal of Transplantation- myassignmenthelp
Question: Discuss about thePhilosophy for American Journal of Transplantation. Answer: Huemer, M. (2018). Unjust Drug War. Owl232.net. Retrieved 12 April 2018, from https://www.owl232.net/papers/drugs.htm In the given essay by Michael Huemer, the controversial issue of drug war, where argument has been provided in favour of outlawing the drugs due to its negative effect both upon the user and other people of the society. The author has also mentioned that prohibition of drugs violate the human rights. The current study will help to justify the fact that have been given by the author about the uses of drugs. The philosophical and intellectual matter related to the drug war will also be discussed by providing cogent argument. Excessive use of drugs is one of the major social issues within the population of America. The total number of crime cases and anti-social activities increases with the popularity of drug usage among the younger generation (Jones et al., 2015). In the given assignment the author has effectively described the role of government in banning of drugs. The decision will be implemented in order to protect the interest of majority of the people, who are also indirectly affected by the negative effect of drugs. The author has provided statistical information by stating that nearly 18000 Americans are killed each year due to excessive usage of drugs. However, it is also important to note that more people are killed by the uses of tobacco, which can be calculated as 15 people per 1000 users, compared to that of drug that kills 2.6 people in 1000(Huemer, 2018). Hence, in this context I believe it is more important for the government to focus upon issues related to tobacco smoking and obesity. It is also important for the government to consider about the medicinal uses of drugs which includes marijuana, cocaine and heroin. The ethical issues in the given context is the most important challenge that needs to be considered before completely legalising the drugs. There are currently 450,000 people who are innocently captured by the government due to the drug abuse(Huemer, 2018). I do believe the author has provided strong argument against the government policies that has caused the uprising of the drug war. With the help of these strong facts and arguments, I think it will be possible to justify the movement which is against the government decision. Nevertheless, it is also important to consider the fact that there are several teenagers in the American society, who are getting habituated with the misuse of illegal drugs. Hence, according to me it is important for the government not to completely prohibit the drugs, but rather control the uses of the same (Rudd et al., 2016). In conclusion it can be said that there are still arguments among prohibitionist about the definition of fundamental rights that are related to usages of illegal drugs. One of the major drawbacks of writing is the fact that the author has not highlighted about the Medical Application of the drugs that could have been a major highlighting point against complete banishment of drugs. Hence, the write up has provided argument both in favour and against the usages of drugs. Reference Huemer, M. (2018). Unjust Drug War. Owl232.net. Retrieved 12 April 2018, from https://www.owl232.net/papers/drugs.htm Jones, C. M., Logan, J., Gladden, R. M., Bohm, M. K. (2015). Vital signs: demographic and substance use trends among heroin users-United States, 2002-2013. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 64(26), 719-725. Rudd, R. A., Aleshire, N., Zibbell, J. E., Matthew Gladden, R. (2016). Increases in drug and opioid overdose deathsUnited States, 20002014. American Journal of Transplantation, 16(4), 1323-1327.
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